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ON THE HUNT
WHAT
WE’RE
PLAYING
Believe it or
not, the Pixel
Hunt staff
actually play
some video
games now and
then. Here’s
what has
tickled their
fancies of late.
KEN LEE
Dance
Central
I got the Kinect as a
birthday present from
my wife, and getting
my dance on seemed
the most natural and
obvious thing to do.
Dance Central is really
quite impressive. There’s
a huge list of songs, and
a huge variety of dance
moves to emulate. And
the game’s Break It
Down tutorials are very
effective in teaching
those moves to a
beginning player. It’s not
quite a killer app, but it’s
a must-have if you’ve got
a Kinect.
JAHANZEB KHAN
Final Fantasy
XIII
(International Edition)
This is pretty much Final
Fantasy XIII with an
Easy difficulty option.
I’m glad Square-Enix
finally decided to release
FFXIII for the Japanese
Xbox 360 because
after spending 15
hours with it, I realise
that this is truly the
next-generation RPG I
dreamed about back
when the term ‘next-gen’
was still hip and the
PlayStation 2’s Emotion
Engine was considered
to be godly.
MICHAEL PINCOTT
Donkey Kong
Country
Returns
I’ve been super
impressed by this game.
It looks great, plays
smooth as butter and
sports some fantastic
level design. It feels
as though developers
Retro Studios paid a lot
of attention to Super
Mario Galaxy in terms
of constantly throwing
fun, new things at the
player. Even the motion
controls, which have
caused some people to
gripe, work quite well.
ANNIKA HOWELLS
Assassin’s
Creed:
Brotherhood
I was addicted to
Assassin’s Creed II, and
this one is pretty much
exactly the same, so
why am I not enjoying
it Maybe it’s because
it’s exactly the same. I’m
looking at a massive map
of icons, but instead of
fun opportunities all I
can see are chores to
be repeated; complete
special platform puzzle
areas and find hidden
hieroglyphs. Didn’t I
already do all of this
only a year ago Screw
this, I’m going back to
Minecraft.
JAMES O’CONNOR
999: 9
Hours, 9
Persons, 9
Doors
Easy puzzles, awful
writing, hammy dialogue,
messy cliches and
enormous logic leaps all
combine to create....a
surprisingly compelling
and enjoyable game,
actually. The overarching
ideas and story are good
enough to elevate what
should have been a bit
of a mess into a real
‘take it to the toilet with
you because you don’t
want to put it down’ DS
affair.
26 www.pixelhunt.com.au
JANUARY 2011